Naima Tab

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Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Here's a chord-melody arragement of a classic Coltrane tune.
If you find any mistakes, please post or email.
 
Naima by John Coltrane
harmonized by Bo Parker (bo_parker@fbpmac.msfc.nasa.gov)
 
(ballad)
 
    Bbm9            Ebm9    B13b9  A13b9              Abmaj7
e|--8----6----11----------------------------------------------|
B|--6---------------6-------9------7------4-----7-----4-------|
G|--6---------------6-------8------6------------------5-------|
D|--6---------------4-------7------5------------------5-------|
A|------------------6-----------------------------------------|
E|--6--------------(6)------8------6------------------4-------|
 
repeat, then
 
    Bmaj7           Bb13           Bmaj7          Bb13
e|--6----6----6--------------------6----6----6----------------|
B|--7---------------8----6---------7--------------8----6------|
G|--8---------------7---------8----8--------------7---------8-|
D|--8---------------6--------------8--------------6-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7---------------6--------------7--------------6-----------|
  Bb pedal...................................................
 
    E13 (#11)       Bmaj7          Fm9            Gb13
e|--9----6----9-----6---------6-----------------------------|
B|--7---------------7--------------8---------8----4---------|
G|--7---------------8----8---------8----8---------3---------|
D|--6---------------8--------------6--------------2---------|
A|--------------------------------(8)-----------------------|
E|--0--6------------7--------------6--------------2---------|
      Bb pedal..............................
 
    Bbm9            Ebm9    B13b9  A13b9          Abmaj7
e|--8----6----11--------------------------------------------|
B|--6---------------6-------9------7----4----7----4---------|
G|--6---------------6-------8------6--------------5---------|
D|--6---------------4-------7------5--------------5---------|
A|------------------6---------------------------------------|
E|--6--------------(6)------8------6--------------4---------|
 
Fine
    Dbmaj7   Abmaj7   Dbmaj7   Abmaj7   Dbmaj7
e|-----------3--------4--------6--------8-------11-|
B|--6--------4--------6--------4--------9-------13-|
G|--5--------5--------5--------5-------10-------12-|
D|--6--------6-----------------5-------11-------13-|
A|--4-----------------4----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
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Naima – John Coltrane

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Great tab!

Really accurate. I transposed down a half step to get it into A ('guitar friendly') and let open strings ring (for example, I played the second chord, the Ebmin9, as Dmin9 with open A, D-3, G-5, open B, open high E). A haunting song. Tricky to get a D pedal point though.